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A Tory backbencher is being sued by the Commons expenses watchdog after he
refused to pay back £54,000 in “capital gains” profits on a taxpayer-funded
second home.

Stewart Jackson, the Conservative MP for Peterborough, was one of 29 MPs asked
to pay a total of almost £500,000 to the Independent Parliamentary Standards
Authority (Ipsa) to cover the increased value of their properties.

Mr Jackson, who has accused the watchdog of trying to “bully” him, is the only
one not to agree a repayment plan. In a statement this morning, he said he
planned to take legal action of his own,